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Foreign correspondents event on Reporting During a Pandemic postponed
June 3, 2020
Due to the ongoing protests, the International Correspondents Team needs to postpone the panel on reporting during a pandemic originally scheduled for Wednesday, June 3. The panelists are covering the demonstrations. A new date for the panel will be announced when scheduled.
Read MoreLearn how to use BLS wage and employment data for local economic stories at free webinar June 4
June 2, 2020
National Press Club members can join a free online webinar at 1 p.m. June 4 on how to use data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages to write local economic stories. The hour-long webinar is sponsored by the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing…
Read MoreChat with Barton Gellman online about his book 'Dark Mirror' on Wednesday
June 1, 2020
Barton Gellman will discuss his book, "Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State" online at 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 3. In 2013, Gellman helped break the news of Edward Snowden's disclosures of the National Security Agency's controversial surveillance network that sucked…
Read MoreA war correspondent and his Press Club card
June 1, 2020
In the 1945 war movie “Objective Burma!,” a war correspondent named Mark Williams is stuck in the jungle with a platoon of GIs. As they talk about where they most want to be, Williams says, “At the National Press Club bar sipping a bourbon and water." But the Club is a touchstone for more than just…
Read MoreBooks & Brunch to discuss "The Friend" via Zoom on June 20
May 28, 2020
Books & Brunch will meet via Zoom on at noon Saturday, June 20, to discuss "The Friend" by Sigrid Nunez. The novel, described in The New York Times as "an acerbic but often poignant exploration of love, friendship, death, grief, art and literature," won the National Book Award for fiction and…
Read MoreChat with Bart Gellman online about his book 'Dark Mirror,' June 3
May 28, 2020
National Press Club board member Del Wilber will host a virtual conversation Wednesday, June 3, with Barton Gellman about his new book, "Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State," which Library Journal called "a well-documented account on the far-reaching impact of U.S.…
Read MoreCOVID book talks continue with Post reporters discussing Trump White House
May 27, 2020
Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker will discuss their book, A Very Stable Genius, a No. 1 best-selling behind-the-scenes account of President Donald Trump's White House, at 8:30 p.m. June 10, the latest in a series of online book talks. Rucker is the Washington Post's White House bureau chief, and…
Read MoreClub President Michael Freedman remembers a longtime member, CBS News leader William J. Small: 'Setting standards and breaking barriers that we take for granted today'
May 25, 2020
Once a great while, a person comes along who changes lives. And then there are those who change the world. In the world of journalism such a man was Bill Small, who passed away Sunday, May 24, at the age of 93. In short, Mr. Small, as he was known to all professionally, led the vaunted team that…
Read MoreFriendly competition on the diamond isn't the same on Zoom
May 24, 2020
While many of the National Press Club's routine activities have been adjusted to a virtual format, one seasonal activity just can't make that transition: the Club's softball team. Montgomery County has shut down its team recreational activities to control the spread of COVID-19, including all…
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